Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board WWETB) (the “Contracting Authority”) invites tenders (“Tenders”) to this Request for Tenders (“RFT”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) for the appointment to a Single Supplier work Agreement for the Provision of an External ICT Senior Engineer (Systems Administrator Office 365) in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Services”).

This public procurement competition relates to the establishment of a Single Party work ("work") for the Provision of an External ICT Senior Engineer (Systems Administrator Office 365 system).

The purpose of this SRFT is to secure the services of a Senior Systems Engineer (Systems Administrator Office 365) across the administrative offices, schools and centres to provide ICT support as required for the efficient running of our schools/centres.

In the context of a single-party work agreement, the successful work member does not have to compete for each new contract.  It is emphasised that a work agreement constitutes no guarantee to purchase a specific quantity of supplies or services from a particular economic operator.

Indeed, the Contracting Authority reserves the right to operate outside of the work agreement at its discretion, particularly should it become apparent that doing so would offer greater value for money.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the work agreement approach has been adopted to leverage efficiencies and maximise cost savings over the duration of the work.